"Isn't it amazing?" asked Ziobron. "We have been just overwhelmed, frankly. The support is all across the country. The horse community is actually a very close knit community and they're really stepping up."

On the legislature's appropriations committee, she spent much of the day hearing government agencies try to protect their funding. She knows the state agriculture department handles short-term animal rehab.

"But I knew as soon as we heard about this it was going to be a longer rehab for these horses and I felt very strongly that taxpayers shouldn't be the only ones who are looking at that," Ziobron said.